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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 18 October 2024. Twin brothers and central characters of Rome's foundation myth This article is about the tale of the mythical twins. For other uses, see Romulus (disambiguation), Remus (disambiguation), and Romulus and Remus (disambiguation). La Lupa Capitolina "the Capitoline Wolf". Traditional ...
The she-wolf on a coin of the late Roman republic (c.77 BC) In the Roman foundation myth, the she-wolf (lupa in Latin) was an Italian wolf who nursed and sheltered the twins Romulus and Remus after they were abandoned in the wild by decree of King Amulius of Alba Longa. She cared for the infants at her den, a cave known as the Lupercal, until ...
In his book From Zalmoxis to Genghis Khan, Mircea Eliade attempted to give a mythological foundation to an alleged special relation between Dacians and the wolves: [8] Dacians might have called themselves "wolves" or "ones the same with wolves", [9] [8] suggesting religious significance. [10]
The Annunciation by Guido Reni (1621). Miraculous births are a common theme in mythological, religious and legendary narratives and traditions. They often include conceptions by miraculous circumstances and features such as intervention by a deity, supernatural elements, astronomical signs, hardship or, in the case of some mythologies, complex plots related to creation.
The story of the Two Wolves is a memetic legend of unknown origin, commonly attributed to Cherokee or other indigenous American peoples in popular retelling. The legend is usually framed as a grandfather or elder passing wisdom to a young listener; the elder describes a battle between two wolves within one’s self, using the battle as a metaphor for inner conflict.
e. In ancient Greek mythologyand religion, Leto(/ˈliːtoʊ/; Ancient Greek: Λητώ, romanized: Lētṓpronounced[lɛːtɔ̌ː]) is a goddess and the mother of Apolloand Artemis.[1] She is the daughter of the TitansCoeusand Phoebe, and the sister of Asteria. In the Olympian scheme, the king of gods Zeusis the father of her twins,[2]Apollo and ...
Geri and Freki. In Norse mythology, Geri and Freki are two wolves which are said to accompany the god Odin. They are attested in the Poetic Edda, a collection of epic poetry compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, in the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson, and in the poetry of skalds.
Below the beast and the man is a depiction of a legless, helmeted man, with his arms in a prostrate position. [36] The Younger Futhark inscription on the stone bears a commonly seen memorial dedication, but is followed by an encoded runic sequence that has been described as "mysterious", [ 39 ] and "an interesting magic formula which is known ...